The South American teams took advantage of the FIFA window to prepare for the Copa América. Unlike the Argentine National Team, which had to find last-minute rivals for a tour of the United States, its main opponents in order to retain the title it won in 2021 faced European and African powers, although most of them did not do well. So, Brazil tied on the hour against Spain in Madrid in a great game with three penalties, Chile y Uruguay they stumbled against France y Ivory Coastwhile the only one who came out well was Colombiawhich surpassed Rumania to get to 18 games undefeated from the hand of the Argentine coach Nestor Lorenzo.
The ‘excuse’ for the confrontation in Madrid was the fight against racism, very pending on the La Liga fields precisely due to the presence of Vinicius Jr. who was captain of the visitors, on Dorival’s first tour as coach, who had started with a victory over England last Saturday.
Spain dominated from the start to the Yellow green and struck first, although with controversy. The Roja He attacked from the right, Lamine Yamal got into the area and Joao Gomes crossed. Although the Brazilian midfielder crossed his leg, there was no contact and the Barcelona forward dropped, referee Nobre awarded the maximum penalty and, since there is no VAR, it could not be reviewed.
The person in charge of changing it into a goal was the team captain, Rodri. The player of City He hit him hard and in the middle, Bento He threw himself to his right. The Spaniard quickly pointed his fingers to the sky and burst into tears over the recent death of his grandfather.
At 36 minutes Dani Olmo scored the second for Spain after a great play in which he eluded two players from Brazil with pipe included and put it in the upper left corner.
At the end of the first half, a mistake in the start by Unai Simon he left the ball served to Rodrygo so that he defines above the goalkeeper himself and scores on the scoreboard.
The second half began, Brazil moved the bench, entered Endrick by Rodrygo. The South American team came out to put Spain against their goal. Only five minutes had passed between the restart and the selection of Dorival found the equalizer at the feet of young Endrick.
A badly rejected corner kick left the ball served to the next player of the Real Madridhit the volley on the way a slight deflection and went into the back of the net to score his second goal of the Yellow green and the first in the Santiago Bernabeu.
The second half began, Brazil moved the bench so that Endrick came in for Rodrygo. And the Palmeiras jewel had an unbeatable debut in what will be his home starting in June, when he joins Real Madrid.
Only five minutes had passed after the restart and the Dorival National Team found the tie at the feet of Endrick, who went to celebrate with his family, the same one to whom he had dedicated an emotional letter the day before.
The closing was for all tastes and with controversy. The strong leg dominated, there were clashes even between members of the substitute benches, and two penalties determined the final tie.
Was Rodri -again- the one who changed for a goal in the first instance and, the other captain, Lucas Paquetáwho defined the maximum penalty sanctioned with a left foot 15 seconds from the end of the recovered time and which gave him the final 3 to 3.